The present volume is a collection of 14 papers written by several international scholars who examine a variety of descriptive and theoretical issues topical in current phonetic and phonological research. This is done through a meticulous analysis of a rich body of data, often obtained experimentally, taken from such languages as Gothic, Sanskrit, Old Chinese, Malaylam, Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, English and Portuguese as well as through theoretical considerations which carry broader implications for the study of sound systems.

Jolanta Szpyra-Kozlowska, Chair of the Phonetics and Phonology Unit of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland, has published extensively on English and Polish phonology, phonodidactics and gender linguistics. Marek Radomski, Assistant Professor in the Phonetics and Phonology Unit of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland, specializes in phonology, particularly in loanword adaptation.